Trace-fasten ing



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J. S. CLARK. TRACE. PASTBNING.

UNITED STATES' JULI-ns s. CLARK, or nocKFonn, ILLINOIS.'A

PATENT. ff f `TRAGE-'FAsTiakNine. n f y f TH y l SPECIFICATION form-ing part of Letters Patent No. 381.33%. datedApril 17, 18,88.

Application filed December 27, 1887. Serial No. 259,081. (No model.)VV

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUs S. CLARK,a'citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful'niprovernents in Trace-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification'.

' :This invention I relates to a classy of fastenings known as .trace-fastenings, secured toening to receive the trace, and inthe various coxnbinations of these parts. r

All the views in the accompanying draw-r ings are representations in isometrical.

Figurel shows a ferrule to receivethe wood whifdetree and/a loose or drop trace-fastening of-hook form. Fig. 2 shows the ferrule toreceive the wood whiftletree and a rigid trace- `fastening of hook forin. Fig. 3 shows the ferrule to receive the wood whifdetree or neck` yoke and a ring capable of use as a whiftletree. or neck-yoke. Fig". 4 showsthe ferrule to receive the wood whiffletreeanda link and bar trace-fastening. Fig. 5 shows the ferrule to receive the woodwhiftletree and a tracefastening of hook form as employed in wagons.

Fig. 6l shows a ferrule toY receive the wood whifiietree and a cockeye-fastening projecting fromthe end thereof. Fig. 7 shows the con` struction of the ferrnle and fastening. Fig. 8 is a vertical central section of Fig. y1, with the fastenings to fix the ferrule in place on the whiffletree about to enter the end of the wood.

Fig.`9 is also a vertical central section showltongue-fastening is employed to fix the ferrule to the whiflietree.

.iiet'ree,l1, prepared in the usual manner.

4connection withl the eye 3 of the. ferrule.` f An end bar, 5, spans thev end of the whiffletree So far as known to me, ferrulesas hereto!` fore employed in whiffletrees, neck-yokes, Snc., have been secured to the whiffletrees by a bolt, rivet, or screw passing through the ferrule int'o the wood; and so far as known -to mel am the first to secure theferrule to themwhiflietreeby a fastening driven intothe endof the whifdetree,`sai'd fastening deviating from alinepar-l Y,

allel with the lengthwise axis of the'whifle'treej as it is driven into the end portionthereof;

also of lip-fastenings projecting from the/inner,

sideof the ferrule. y. n

Fig. l'shows an end portion'ofa woodwhifferrule, 2,with an eye, 3,'projecting therefrom, is shown in place' on the whifiietree. `A`trace fastening, 4,. of the usual hook form has a free and is connected( to the ferrule. f liromtheqin ner side of the end bar, 5, project tonguesf 6,

as shown in Fig. 7,.to enter the endwood of;

the whiffietree to hold ,the ferrulertb the whif-A fletree in they best manner, and are 'pointed and somewhat thinner aty their free ends. The

bevel at the'extreme ends is 'the angle best adapted to insure the departure of thejtongues frma line parallel with a' lengthwise'axis of the whiftletree while being driven intothe end portion thereof, and. consequently will attain i,

the' position shown in Figs. 9, A10, and 13.

Lips 7 project from the inner edgeA of the ferrule, and' are intended to'be depressed into the whiffietree `as an additional fastening Atothe use a length of time. it should, from any'case,

become loosened, the ylips may then be depressed into the wood, as shown. Fig. 8 shows the ferrulewith its tongues 6 aboutto be driven into the end of the whifletree, also the lips in their straight position.

some of the known varieties of trace-fastenings in connection with my improvedferrule,-.iny which a rigid'trace-fastening, 8, of hook forni, is'sho'wni'n Fig. 2.

` In the several Figs. 2, 3,4, and 5 I have shown gnvf A loose ring, 9,'capab1e of use asa neckyoke or as awhifetree, is shown at Fig. 3.

At 10, Fig. 4, I have shown the well-known link-and-bar forni of tracefastening in connection with my improved ferrule.

ferrule; or if, after lthe whiflietree hasbeenin "ferrule with the tongues 6 set lengthwise of the bar, and when driven into the whifiletree will assume the position shown in Fig. 12.

At Fig. 13 I have shown the employment of one tongue, which in many instances will be suicient to hold the ferrule in place on the wood whiiiletree with or without the use ofthe lips.

In the foregoing I have shown and described my improved ferrule constructed with a transverse end bar,from which the tongues project inward to enter the end of the wood whiffletree. Instead of the bar, it is evident that the ferrule may be produced with a closed end and the tonguesV may project from the inner face of the closed end. I have also shown my improved ferrule with lips projecting from its inner edge,to be depressed into the wood whiffietree as an additional fastening. These may be omitted, in which instance my improved ferrule will be substantially as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 10.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a ferrule, ofan end fastening projectedinto the end of the whifiie tree, the fastening when in position occupying a position oblique to the longitudinal axis of the ferrule, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a ferrule, of an end fastening consisting, essentially, of a tongue extending inwardly from an end piece in engagement with'the ferrule, said tongue when in position to fasten occupying a position oblique to the longitudinal axis of the ferrule, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a ferrule, of an end piece in engagement with the ferrule and provided with inwardly-projected tongues, said tongues occupying when in position to fasten positions oblique to the longitudinal axis'of the ferrules, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with aferrule, of an end piece formed integral with the ferrule and provided with a tongue projected inwardly therefrom, the end of the tongue being provided with a greater bevel on one side than on the other to throw it to one side of a line parallel with the axis of the ferrule as the fastening is driven home, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the whiiietree, of the ferrule and an end fastening projected into the end of the whiffletree obliquely to the axis of the ferrule, the ferrule being provided with a trace-fastening and with lips projecting from its edges and indented into the wood, substantially as set forth. i y

6. The combination, with the whiiiietree, of the ferrule and an end fastening projected into the end of the whiiletree obliquely to the axis of the ferrule, the ferrule being provided with lips projecting from its edge and indented into the wood, substantially `as set forth.

7. The herein -described whiilietree hook, consisting of the ferrule and an end fastening occupying a position oblique to the longitudinal axis of the ferrule, the ferrule 'being provided with a trace-fastening, substantially as set forth. v

JULIUS S. CLARK. Witnesses: A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL. 

